Vascular Ultrasound Imaging

Catalog description

This course introduces hemodynamic considerations of the arterial and venous vascular systems including principles and techniques of spectral analysis, waveform analysis and interpretation, Color Doppler, and Power Doppler. Emphasis is placed on the anatom y and physiology of the arterial and venous systems, the pathologies commonly encountered in those systems, types of vascular ultrasound examinations most commonly ordered, the clinical indications for various types of vascular duplex examinations, differentiation of normal versus abnormal conditions, and interpretation of ultrasound findings. A grade of C or higher is required to pass this course.